- Date
- November 3, 1982, 19:15 local (Nov 4, 1982, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rialto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1441XPiper PA28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821103059669A
- Case key
- 72379
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The newly certificated private pilot landed on runway 24 at night. The aircraft drifted off the side of the runway and collided with a drainage ditch. Investigation revealed the aircraft landing was made with a strong left quartering tailwind reported as 360/17 KTS with gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1441X
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7525315
- Airframe hours
- 1,550
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James E. Klink
- Registered owner
- James E. Klink
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Destination
- C · Fenton, MO
- Airport
- L67 · Rialto-Miro, runway 24, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 72 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.